The Phillips Museum of Art at Franklin & Marshall College will present "Green Practices in Historical Clothing" on Thursday, Feb. 22, at 4:30 p.m. The museum is located in Steinman College Center, 628 College Ave., Lancaster.

Karin J. Bohleke, director of the Fashion Archives and Museum of Shippensburg University, will speak about fashion's environmental and social impact, which ranks it as one of the planet's biggest polluters and contributors to poverty through sweat-shop labor. Awareness of these issues has made some consumers begin to rethink their wardrobe choices and consider how they can make positive changes on a personal level. To find inspiration, people can look to the home seamstresses, professional dressmakers, and tailors of the 19th and early 20th centuries, who were masters of "green" wardrobe management. They have left behind a wealth of information in publications and surviving garments that demonstrate both their creativity and their frugality.

The Fashion Archives and Museum at Shippensburg University features garments from ballrooms to discos and has loaned costumes for the Phillips Museum spring exhibition, "Ingrained: Celebrating Pennsylvania's Cultural Heritage."

The lecture is open to the public at no charge, and preregistration is not required. For more information, visit http://www.fandm.edu/phillips-museum or call 717-358-4428.